Albert Callarisa Roca

I know there's a lot of posts regarding side projects (or pet projects). Here my five cents.

I always have some ideas in my mind that comes back from time to time. If they come back when I feel motivated to work on it, I do it. Usually that ideas are medium-size projects, thing that I can't avoid (the idea comes as it comes).

After working on any medium-sized side project for some time I always fall into one of the following situations:

1. The first phase is feature complete and it's time to get users. The project dies here.
2. The first phase is feature complete and it's time to get users. I continue adding features until I realize I need users. goto 1
3. The project takes too long (it's too big) and it's not fun anymore. I pause the project and I start again in some months. Not very effective/productive workflow.
4. The features why I chose that project are done and probably it's time to do UI. The project dies here because I don't like doing UI

Another problem for medium-size projects is the people involved. Usually I do the side projects alone and I find hard to keep motivated or keep the focus. I think it happens because a project is not always fun and the whole point of a side project is to have fun.

(NOTE to self: Don't consider starting medium-size projects anymore)

This week I've decided to bring back a side project I was doing some time ago. It is called SpinOff and it's a online game where the player manages a TV Channel buying content to play, showing ads, etc. I rewrote it around 7 months ago to be API + backbone but stop working on that after a while.

The reason why I want to revive it again is because it's a project I really like and I don't want to let it die without finishing it and see it live. It's a game I'd love to play.
The reason why I stopped working on it is because I had to do too much UI and I don't enjoy it at all, I never find the right time to do it because it's never fun to me.

Because of that, I decided to find more people and build a small team to work on it. Since I can do all the API backend, one more coder doing the UI should be enough, for any platform (Android, iOS, web or Facebook). A team of three would be even better to share ideas and have more client apps.

If anyone is (or knows someone) interested in joining this amazing oportunity, please contact me.